Consumer Complaint Detail

CADILLAC / DEVILLE / 1994

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002090592 Incident Date: Feb, 14 2002
Consumer's City: LOS ANGELES Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: DEVILLE Model Year: 1994
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1G6KF52Y3RU Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 25 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 1994
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Head bolts worked loose and stripped at 65000 miles. dealer repaired bad bolts. did nothing about other bolts. at 92000 miles an additional 9 bolts had worked loose causing cooling system failure. cadillac has made 3 changes to recommended service procedure to now repair all head bolts. the original repair at 65000 miles was defective. this engine design seems to have a design defect. there a a number of similar problems listed for the 1994 seville which has the same engine as this car. nlm